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• Snow maps reveal what parts of UK will be blanketed as Met Office issues White Christmas update

  22-12-2024 18:36 via mirror.co.uk
  
  As Britain settles in for the busy Christmas period, the Met Office has told people what weather they can expect on the big day and where will be hit by snow
  
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• Ex-Taliban fighters helping charities locate landmines they planted in Afghanistan

  23-12-2024 00:05 via metro.co.uk
  
  Ex-Taliban fighters are joining Afghan deminers to dig up their own explosives (Picture: Wakil Kohsar/Getty Images)Former Taliban fighters are tracking down their own bombs and helping to remove them from Afghanistan’s roadsides.Ex-Taliban members are working with local police and the Scottish Dumfriesshire-based charity Halo Trust to clear the country of dangerous landmines.The improvised explosive devices (IEDs) were routinely laid by Taliban fights during two decades of war against an
  
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• Premier League star tipped to become ‘as good’ as Erling Haaland

  22-12-2024 23:48 via metro.co.uk
  
  Erling Haaland has been the most prolific goalscorer in Europe (Picture: Getty)Former title winner Emmanuel Petit believes one current Premier League star can be ‘as good’ as Erling Haaland.Haaland has been one of the most prolific goalscorers in the world over the past seven seasons, racking up 263 goals in 322 appearances.Borussia Dortmund signed the Norway striker from Red Bull Salzburg at the start of 2020 after he netted 28 goals in 22 games during his final season in Austria.I
  
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• Teenager dies after crashing Porsche ‘at speed’

  22-12-2024 23:43 via metro.co.uk
  
  A teenager was killed at the wheel of a Porsche Macan after it crashed on Banbury Road, Gaydon (Picture: Google Maps)A young man has died after a luxury car he was driving crashed out of the road before rolling over.
  The fatal crash happened in the village of Gaydon, Warwickshire, in the early hours of Saturday morning.
  The alarm was raised at about 2.15am after reports of a Porsche Macan which had crashed on Banbury Road, while no other cars were involved.
  Its driver, a boy in his late teens,
  
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• Headteacher who tried to block Ofsted inspectors is found to be failing pupils after finally having school reviewed

  22-12-2024 23:35 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Flora Cooper angered parents last March when she urged supporters to blockade John Rankin Junior School in protest over the death of fellow head Ruth Perry.
  
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• Dramatic twist after husband was found dead alongside his wife in bushland near Sydney Airport

  22-12-2024 23:32 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The chequered past of a man found dead alongside his wife in bushland near Sydney Airport has emerged.
  
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• Huge doomsday flash over key Putin oil depot as Ukraine strikes with drone

  22-12-2024 23:20 via mirror.co.uk
  
  A massive explosion rocked a key Russian oil depot in Oryol today, following a large-scale Ukrainian drone strike, as air defences scrambled to protect the vital energy facility
  
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• Fears anti-immigrant tensions could boil over in Germany following Christmas market attack

  22-12-2024 23:11 via mirror.co.uk
  
  After tragedy struck in Magdeburg, Germany, when a BMW ploughed into Christmas market goers, leaving five dead, experts fear anti-immigration tensions in the country will rise
  
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• Officers left traumatized as father is arrested for beheading his adorable one-year-old son

  22-12-2024 23:08 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Andrey Demskiy, 28, was cuffed and charged by the Sacramento County Sheriff's Office (SCSO) Friday - following what relatives called 'a devastating chain of events'.
  
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• German Christmas market suspect spotted visiting takeaway just hours before attack that killed 5

  22-12-2024 23:08 via mirror.co.uk
  
  A snack shop owner in the Magdeburg area of Germany, where a man ploughed into people at a Christmas market and killed five people, has told of how the suspect visited his takeaway store hours earlier
  
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• Disturbing moment Australian teacher fighting in the Ukraine is grilled and beaten after being captured by Russian troops

  22-12-2024 23:07 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A former Melbourne school teacher caught fighting as part of Ukraine's foreign legion has been paraded on camera by Russian soldiers. 
  
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• Royal Mail to scrap Saturday second-class post for nearly a million households next year amid huge shake-up of the business

  22-12-2024 23:04 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The postal service, which is in the process of being bought by the Czech billionaire Daniel Kretinsky, will trial making fewer deliveries from February.
  
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• Ross’ cruel behaviour devastates April in Emmerdale – with terrible consequences

  22-12-2024 23:00 via metro.co.uk
  
  To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a webbrowser thatsupports HTML5 video Up NextPrevious PageNext PageApril Windsor (Amelia Flanagan) has struck up a friendship with Ross Barton (Michael Parr) in Emmerdale.The teenage found herself caught in the middle of Ross’ trouble with Jade a few weeks ago, which resulted in her being held over the same building Donna Windsor fell from.Donna was April’s mum and also Ross’ girlfriend. After the kidnapping
  
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• Phil ‘saved’ as Sharon seeks help from very unlikely EastEnders ally

  22-12-2024 23:00 via metro.co.uk
  
  Sharon seeks help from an unlikely source (Picture: BBC/Jack Barnes/Kieron McCarron)Sharon Watts (Letitia Dean) seeks help from an unlikely source after discovering ex-husband Phil Mitchell’s (Steve McFadden) state of despair in EastEnders this Christmas.Last week, Nicola Mitchell (Laura Doddington) found soap stalwart Phil living in a state of squalor.As we know, this is just the beginning of a heartbreaking storyline that will see the legend suffer suicidal thoughts amid his loneli
  
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• Daisy reduced to tears as she is hit with devastating news in Coronation Street

  22-12-2024 23:00 via metro.co.uk
  
  She’s got a lot on her mind (Picture: ITV)Coronation Street boss Kate Brooks recently told us that the romantic complications between Daniel Osbourne (Rob Mallard), Bethany Platt (Lucy Fallon) and Daisy Midgley (Charlotte Jordan) are far from over and would be a major storyline going into 2025. ‘It’s a brilliant love triangle that keeps on giving and we will certainly carry that through December and into the new year,’ she said. ‘Daniel is in love with two wom
  
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• Bizarre Mark Zuckerberg interview sparks outrage over his attempt to be 'normal'

  22-12-2024 23:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg 'being human' in a recent interview clip sparked heaps of passionate online reactions. Many saw the interview as an attempt to seem more relatable.
  
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• Prince Andrew heads to Windsor alone as Royal Family celebrates Christmas without him

  22-12-2024 22:50 via mirror.co.uk
  
  Prince Andrew was spotted heading out on his own in Windsor after dropping out of the Royal Family's Christmas celebrations at Sandringham over the Chinese spy controversy
  
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• French lorry drivers say they will block goods coming into Britain amid an immigration row - saying checks to stop illegal migrants should be softer

  22-12-2024 22:47 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The main French transport federation has complained that Border Force checks to ensure migrants are not hiding in French lorries and heavy goods vehicles are too harsh.
  
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• Penny Lancaster reveals the one reason she was encouraged to call out Gregg Wallace

  22-12-2024 22:46 via metro.co.uk
  
  Penny Lancaster has revealed why she wanted to speak up about Gregg Wallace (Picture:BBC)Penny Lancaster has revealed she was encouraged by her husband to come forward about Gregg Wallace’s ‘bullying’.It was announced last month that BBC had launched an investigation into historical allegations of misconduct against him, with Wallace stepping down from hosting MasterChef after 20 years.After this announcement Sir Rod Stewart 79, slammed
  
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• Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sánchez deny claims they will marry this week in blockbuster Aspen wedding

  22-12-2024 22:46 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The billionaire Amazon founder, 60, and his ex-TV news anchor fiancée, 55, are marrying in Aspen the weekend after Christmas, DailyMail.com can exclusively reveal.
  
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• The festive flights rip-off: How airlines are hiking their fares by up to 700 PER CENT

  22-12-2024 22:41 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The weather outside may be frightful. But anyone looking to jet off to warmer climes for Christmas or New Year may be in for a shock - with flights over the festive period costing up to 700 per cent more.
  
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• Mother of missing law student Jack O'Sullivan, 23, reveals she is constantly getting cryptic messages about his disappearance

  22-12-2024 22:39 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Jack O'Sullivan's mother has been told a member of a Facebook group set up to help find him may have knowledge of what happened to Jack and his whereabouts.
  
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• King Charles makes very rare TV appearance as he joins BBC Countryfile episode

  22-12-2024 22:39 via mirror.co.uk
  
  King Charles made a rare television appearance as BBC's Countryfile aired a Christmas special in which the presenters were introduced to staff at The King’s Foundation’s education programme
  
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• My aunt is a Waspi woman and is furious at Labour's refusal to pay compensation, says Cabinet minister

  22-12-2024 22:35 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Lucy Powell, Leader of the Commons, said her relative is 'not happy at all' after the Prime Minister abandoned a vow to recompense millions of women hit by pension age changes.
  
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• Expert reveals what not to say during the festive season - and why you should consider 'presence' instead of 'presents' on Christmas Day

  22-12-2024 22:32 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Mental health expert and one of the top global thought leaders in psychology Mitch Wallis, sat down with Daily Mail Australia to offer some ways to survive the 'season to be jolly'.
  
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• Ex-Labour leader Dugdale checks who is around before holding wife's hand as she says gay rights are still 'fragile'

  22-12-2024 22:32 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Former Scottish Labour leader Kezia Dugdale has revealed she checks who is around her 'every single time' she is out before holding her wife's hand in public.
  
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• Now SNP minister Mairi Gougeon facing ministerial probe over lavish VIP rugby trips with her French husband

  22-12-2024 22:31 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  An SNP cabinet minister is facing a ministerial code probe after she and her French husband twice accepted hospitality to watch France play rugby.
  
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• Tributes paid to 'kind hearted, beautiful' woman who was killed in horror late night car crash

  22-12-2024 22:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Tributes have poured in for a 'kind hearted, beautiful' woman after she died in a horror car crash.
  
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• Public backlash after missing GOP congresswoman Kay Granger is found in dementia care facility

  22-12-2024 22:26 via dailymail.co.uk
  
   Public backlash has erupted online after a 'missing' Republican congresswoman Kay Granger was found in a dementia care facility.
  
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• Tequila tycoon who is friends with Hollywood star George Clooney gives Scottish castle £100 million makeover

  22-12-2024 22:25 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  US tequila tycoon Michael Meldman has finished one of Britain's most expensive restoration restorations, pouring £100 million into Taymouth Castle.
  
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